Aquiles Este

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Aquiles Este
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Born (1962-06-29) June 29, 1962 (age 59)
Caracas, Venezuela
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationSemiotician
Academic background
Alma materUniversidade Católica de São Paulo
InfluencesRay C. Dougherty
Neil Postman
Academic work
DisciplineSemiotics
InstitutionsUniversity of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School
Main interestsMemetics, public opinion analysis, and cultural replication

Aquiles Este (born June 29, 1962 in Caracas, Venezuela[1]) is an American semiotician and professor. He focuses in areas such as memetics, public opinion analysis, and cultural replication. Este is currently a professor at the University of Miami's University of Miami Business School.[2]

Early life and education[]

Este was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He completed his studies in Journalism at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He then enrolled at the Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Católica de São Paulo, where graduated summa cum laude with a doctorate degree in Semiotics and Communication Science.[3]

Career[]

Este worked as a dean at ProDiseño, a design school in Caracas, Venezuela. He also taught at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), a business school in Venezuela.[4]

He has also worked on Computational Linguistics with New York University linguist Ray C. Dougherty. There, he conducted a research project as a visiting scholar at NYU's Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, called "interrelation of Charles S. Peirce's concept of sign replication and Marshall McLuhan's media theories." The project was carried out under rhetorician Neil Postman.

In 2009, he emigrated to the United States as a skilled immigrant. In the U.S., he later took up a professorship at the University of Miami School of Business.[5]

Este is also a political consultant, having led political campaigns at the state, legislative and presidential levels in the Americas.[6]

Este is also a contributor to newspapers such as the New York Times.[7]

Personal life[]

Este currently lives in Miami.[8] He is also a classical guitar player who studied under Uruguayan maestro Abel Carlevaro and Brazilian composer Cristina Azuma.

Publications[]

Bibliography of publications:[9][10][11]

  • 1987. Ideas for an Epistemology of Communication. Universidad Central de Venezuela Press, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • 1996. Replicant Culture: The New Semiocentric Order Gedisa. Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 9788474326444[12]
  • 1997. Graphic Design in Venezuela: An Anthology. Centro La Estancia, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • 2003. Einstein: The King of the Absent-minded. Cyls Editores, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 9789806573024[13]
  • November 2001. "The Revenge of the Nerds." Counterblast Journal of Culture and Communication. New York: Peirce, McLuhan and Company.
  • December 2005. TV, our daily bread: Post-TV and hypermedia. Alfa Eds, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • November 2008. Dilemmas of the Present. Mondadori Eds, Bogota, Colombia.

References[]

  1. ^ "Aquiles Este". www.readersdigest.co.uk.
  2. ^ "COVID-19 changes celebrity culture". news.miami.edu.
  3. ^ Hamilton, Ernest (June 23, 2021). "Aquiles Este". Tech Times.
  4. ^ "AQUILES ESTE / Art and science". www.tmcnet.com.
  5. ^ "Aquiles Este". people.miami.edu.
  6. ^ "Venezuela's Guaido risks political irrelevance as Maduro eyes poll victory". France 24. December 4, 2020.
  7. ^ Esté, Aquiles (March 3, 2020). "El costo de perder la marca Chile". NYTimes.com.
  8. ^ Miami Herald
  9. ^ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com.
  10. ^ "AQUILES ESTE | Casa del Libro". casadellibro.
  11. ^ "Aquiles Esté". www.goodreads.com.
  12. ^ "CULTURA REPLICANTE: EL ORDEN SEMIOCENTRISTA | AQUILES ESTE | Casa del Libro". casadellibro.
  13. ^ "Einstein - El Rey de Los Distraidos". Goodreads.
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